199 Tips to Be Happy explained
199 Tips to Be Happy |
Director: | Andrés Waissbluth |
Producer: | Bruno Bettati |
Starring: | Pablo Macaya Tamara Garea Andrea García-Huidobro |
Cinematography: | Inti Briones |
Editing: | Marcos Hervera |
Music: | Pebre |
Studio: | 14 Pies Jirafa films Retaguardia Films Zoofilmes |
Runtime: | 95 minutes |
Country: | Chile Spain |
Language: | Spanish |
Budget: | $1 million |
199 Tips to Be Happy (Spanish: 199 recetas para ser feliz,) is a 2008 Chilean-Spanish drama film directed by Andrés Waissbluth and written by Waissbluth, Nona Fernández, Cristián Jiménez & Marcelo Leonart.[1] Starring Pablo Macaya, Tamara Garea and Andrea García-Huidobro.[2] It is inspired by the story Noticias de Milo, which is part of the book Mujer desnuda fumando en la ventana by Marcelo Leonart.[3]
Synopsis
A Chilean couple in Barcelona languishes under the influence of a humid and hot summer. While he tries to lead the promotional campaign for a book that promises happiness, she can't get her younger brother recently dead in Chile out of her mind. His days are shaken by the unexpected visit of a disturbing girl.[4]
Cast
The actors participating in this film are:[5] [6]
- Pablo Macaya as Tomás
- Tamara Garea as Helena
- Andrea García-Huidobro as Sandra
- Àlex Brendemühl as Jordi
- Jordi Dauder as Enric
- Felipe Pires as Milo
- Abdelali El Aziz as Moroccan Bar Waiter
- Soledad Gaspar as Moroccan Bar Girl
- Andrés Waissbluth as Man in the train
- Carolina Clemente as Tomás's partner in Editorial 1
- Oscar Pino as Tomás's partner in Editorial 2
- Diego Muñiz as Long Haired Boy
- Pau Herrero as Curly Haired Boy
- Juan Perona as Hotel Receptionist
- Alana Vandeweghe as Redhead Model Academy
- Rossana Barra as Black Model
- Pablo Vázquez as Artist
Production
Principal photography began on 28 July 2006, and ended on September 5 of the same year in Barcelona, Spain.[7] [8]
Release
Festival
199 Tips to Be Happy was screened at the beginning of October 2008 in the Ventana Section of Chilean Cinema at the 15th Valdivia International Film Festival,[9] in mid-November 2008 at the 20th Viña del Mar International Film Festival as part of the National Fiction Feature Film Competition[10] and on 22 June 2009, at the 9th Festival La Chimenea de Villaverde.[11] [12]
Theatrical
It was scheduled to be released on 14 August 2008, in Chilean theaters,[13] but it was delayed until September 25 of the same year[14] [15] to later expand to the Spanish market on 17 July 2009.
Accolades
Notes and References
- Web site: Martín . René . 2008-10-01 . 199 recetas para ser feliz (2008) . 2023-07-31 . Cinencuentro . es.
- Web site: 2012-01-23 . 199 recetas para ser feliz: aviso y espera . 2023-07-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120123072317/http://cinelatinoamericano.org/texto.aspx?cod=495 . 2012-01-23 .
- Web site: 2012-12-21 . Andrés Waissbluth y Eugenia Weinstein: Madre e hijo unen recetas para ser felices . 2023-07-31 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121221234404/http://www.cosas.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2746&catid=206&Itemid=28 . 2012-12-21 .
- Web site: 199 recetas para ser feliz . 2023-07-31 . Cinechile . es.
- Web site: 2023-07-31 . Reparto de 199 recetas para ser feliz (película 2008). Dirigida por Andrés Waissbluth . 2023-07-31 . La Vanguardia . es.
- Web site: Reparto Completo de 199 recetas para ser feliz (Cine.com) . 2023-07-31 . cine.com . es.
- Web site: 2006-08-04 . Barcelona se convierte en el plató de rodaje de cinco películas, con actrices como Julian Moore o Aitana Sánchez-Gijón . 2023-07-31 . Europa Press.
- Web site: 199 RECETAS PARA SER FELIZ . 2023-07-31.
- Web site: Catalogo de Cine Chileno 2008 . 2023-07-31.
- Web site: 2008-10-21 . Lista Oficial de los Clasificados para el certamen en su versión 2008. . 2023-07-31 . Editando Comunicación Audiovisual for Dummies . es.
- Web site: Ocho películas de América Latina participan en un festival de cine en Madrid - ElPeriodicoDeMexico.Com . 2023-07-31 . elperiodicodemexico.com . es-MX.
- Web site: 2009-06-18 . "199 Recetas para ser feliz" competirá en festival de cine español . 2023-07-31 . Emol . Spanish.
- Web site: 2008-06-26 . Cine chileno: Tony Manero encabeza los estrenos para el segundo semestre . 2023-07-31 . Emol . Spanish.
- Web site: 2008-08-05 . Quieres ser feliz? . 2023-07-31 . POTQ Magazine . es-CL.
- Web site: PELÍCULAS CHILENAS "ESTRENADAS" POR AÑO: AÑOS 2001 A 2008 . 2023-07-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20230726124914/https://www.recam.org/_files/documents/peliculas_nacionales_en_chile_2001_2008.pdf . 2023-07-26 .
- Web site: Andrés Waissbluth - Cine - 199 Recetas para ser Feliz (2008) . 2023-07-31 . andreswaissbluth.com.
- Web site: Cinta "Tony Manero" fue nominada en 10 categorías para premios "Pedro Sienna" . 2023-07-31 . Cooperativa.cl . Spanish.
- Web site: 2009-03-31 . "La buena vida" fue la gran ganadora de los Premios Pedro Sienna 2009 . 2023-07-31 . Emol . Spanish.